The Littlest Angel

(album: I Wish You A Merry Christmas - 1962)

Let me tell you a tale that is often told
In the great Celestial Hall
All about an angel only four years old
The littlest angel of all

How all day she would play with a little box
That to others had no words
Oh, but there were treasures in this little box
The treasures she brought from Earth

Just a butterfly with golden wings
A little piece of a hollow log
Two shiny stones from a river bank
And the worn out strap of her faithful dog

Then the angels all heard that the holy child
Would be born in Bethlehem
And they all brought present for the holy child
And each gift was a heavenly gem

Then the littlest angel put her little box
With the presents fine and wrapped
And the littlest angel sat alone and cried
For her gift was so meager and bad

Just a butterfly with golden wings
A little piece of a hollow log
Two shiny stones from a river bank
And the worn out strap of her faithful dog

But the Lord chose the gift of the little box
That the child had blessed with love
And it started glowing that very night
It became the star up above

When you see that star as it shines on high
In the great Celestial Hall
You will know the proudest angel in the sky
Is the littlest angel of all

With her butterfly with golden wings
A little piece of a hollow log
Two shiny stones from a river bank
And the worn out strap of her faithful dog